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By DurodolaAbiolaOn Friday 14th August, 2015, students of the Faculty of Environmental Design and Management (EDM) gathered from all the departments in the faculty to hold her first general meeting which eventually birth a student faculty body, EDEMSA.The congress which took place at the Studio 5 of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning was a bold step in actualizing the long awaited and agitated dream of a faculty association.‎
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After the agenda of the congress was read to the congress men,a draft constitution and the name of the association was adopted to be Environmental Design & Management Students Association (EDEMSA).Nomination of members to constitute the Electoral Committee that will conduct elections to usher in the first set of the association's executive followed thereafter. Two representatives of each member department were adopted and one Afolabi Albert, a student of the Department of Estate Management emerged as the chairman.A Constitution Review Commit…

By Dosunmu DeborahFollowing the Parliamentary sitting which was slated for 4pm today, the suspended Students' Union President of Obafemi Awolowo University, Omotayo Akande a.k.a TY has been reinstated. TY had earlier appealed his suspension claiming that suspending him was too severe a punishment for his breach of constitutional protocol. A motion was moved in support of his reinstatement and a counter-motion was also moved against it by honourables present at the sitting. The motion in support was that he, the president should be reinstated immediately if he apologizes while the counter-motion maintained that he should complete his one-month suspension.The motions were therefore subjected to voting. 49 parliamentarians voted that TY be reinstated while another 6 voted that he should remain suspended. Subsequently, TY was pronounced reinstated as the Union president once again.It will be recalled that Akande Omotayo was involved in a New York trip scandal that led to his suspensio…

It was truly war on Saturday, 8th August, 2015 at the Awolowo Hall Café where the various halls of residence battled each other with words in a debate competition hosted by Team Reflector. The debate started around 11am.The debaters of the halls who were paired beforehand then debated on their various topics with Fajuyi Hall and Akintola Hall setting the pace. The queens of Mozambique hall then faced the Castle of Great men in what could be described as a real tussle as the Chief Speaker of Mozambique Hall came with a vocal prowess and points that made a shiver run down the spines of the great men of Awo. ETF Hall then faced Alumni Hall and finally the Bedrock of Militancy had nobody to face as the Ladies of Moremi Hall did not show up. This however gave the Angola Hall debaters more work to do as they then had to meet a threshold mark of 60% to qualify.In as much as the turnout of students was low compared to what was expected, some popular faces were present at the event: Hon Seun, …

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University resident in the popular Awolowo Hall are at it again. This time around, they are mimicking the much talked about 'oro' (rite) allegedly ongoing in Ile-Ife that is expected to precede the announcement of the demise of the Ooni of Ife.

“Show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again and that is what they become" -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

I work with a student organization in my university which, among many other things, aims to break racial stereotypes, foster an all-inclusive world by training youths on leadership with international exchange(volunteering) as a major tool. In my various roles in this organization, I have encountered single stories about Nigeria and about many other countries. I am more interested in the single stories about Nigeria because I am Nigerian and I love my country dearly.

But this story is not about Nigeria. I will discuss the single stories I've heard about Nigeria sometimes in the future. This story is about Pakistan, it is about friendship and how far we are from an ideal global village where everyone is not just technologically interconnected, but tolerant and open-minded.

Few weeks ago, I visited the DHL office in my university; not to redeem a parcel (s…

Barcelona, the winner of the UEFA Champions league and Sevilla, the winner of the UEFA Europa league went head to head on Tuesday evening in a keenly contested football match. Barcelona eventually won the match after loosing a big lead they secured during the early hour of the game.

Sevilla came from a 4-1 loss to level up in regulation time which saw the match enter Extra time. Pedro eventually scored the wining goal of the tie for Barcelona in the 115th minute. The previous edition of the Super Cup was won by Real Mardrid.

The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University through her Division of Student Affairs has strongly advice students of the institution to remain indoors on Wednesday owning to the speculated rites for the demise of Ooni of Ife.Below is a copy of the Release signed by the Acting Dean of DSA, Dr (Mrs) L. M. Durosinmi.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption headed by Professor Itse Sagay, a prominent professor of law and civil rights activist.The Committee’s brief, according to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, is to advise the present administration on the prosecution of the war against corruption and the implementation of required reforms in Nigeria’s criminal justice system.Other members of the Committee, which is also expected to develop comprehensive interventions for achieving recommended reforms, are:(i) Prof. Femi Odekunle (Professor of Criminology, Ahmadu Bello University) – Member
(ii) Dr. (Mrs) Benedicta Daudu (Associate Professor of International Law, University of Jos) – Member
(iii) Prof. E. Alemika (Professor of Sociology, University of Jos) – Member
(iv) Professor Sadiq Radda (Professor of Criminology, Bayero University, Kano) – Member
(v) Hadiza Bala Usman (Civil Society Activist) – Membe…

Residents of Ile-Ife town are expected to keep indoors between the hours of 9am-4pm on Wednesday.Then death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II will be officially announced on Wednesday‎.
Making the disclosure on Monday, the Awara of Iwara-Ife, Oba Layi Adereti, said the preparation of the burial of the monarch who died at Saint Mary Hospital in London about two weeks ago will immediately commence.
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Oba Adereti spoke for the first time on the death of the Oba Sijuwade, which had been severally denied by the palace chiefs.According to him, the Oro festival is the final rite of passage for the Oba Sijuwade, disclosing that between 9 am and 4 pm on Wednesday the death of Ooni would be made public. Oba Adereti, who is also the head of Oro Cult in Ile-Ife, warned all residents, both male and female of the ancient town to keep indoors during the Oro rites.The monarch also disclosed that after the Oro rites and proclamation, subsequent rites will follow. He therefore appeal…

The West African Examinations Council has released the May/June 2015 Senior School Certificate Examination results, withholding 118,101 candidates’ results out of the 1.5 million students that sat the examination.

WAEC Head of National Office, Mr. Charles Eguridu, announced this in Lagos at a press conference on Monday.

Eguridu added that the states owing WAEC had reduced to 13, saying the candidates in public schools in the 13 states would not have their results until their state governments pay their candidates’ registration fees.

The examination body had raised the alarm that 19 states owed the agency about N4bn, an amount that might cripple the operations of WAEC.

No fewer than 10, 293 candidates failed to score 200 marks and above in the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

This was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, on Sunday.

The university, according to Olarewaju, released the result of the Saturday screening barely six hours after the conduct of its post-UTME exercise on the website of the institution.

He said, “Out of about 20, 631 candidates, who sat for the screening, 10, 338 candidates scored 200 marks and above. This signifies about 58 per cent, specifically 57.08 per cent.

“A sizeable number of the candidates, however, put in exceptional brilliance, which produced spectacular results, scoring 300 and above, with four of them, who are aspiring to study Education English, specially outstanding.

“Leading with the highest score of 348 is NZE, Samuel Onyenachi, with UTME no: 55227945CC, aspiring to study Englis…

By Adigun PaulHaving read the 'Secret of Success Part 1', it is high time I enlightened you the more on the secret of success. I will like to shed more light on some basic, if not necessary things to be successful. A successful heart is a fulfilled heart that means if you are successful there will be a great joy in your heart. People tend towards you because they know you have a success packed story.Success goes down to how you can make use of these few tips of mine. Read, digest and act on it. Read motivational books
Reading motivational books makes you to discover yourself, your talent and your goal. Try as much as possible not to deteriorate motivational books that they are just mere books. These books are mostly written by successful people. It could be religious, academic, social or marital books. You tend to be successful in that area than them if you get a motivational book.Always move with visionary people
Visionary people are those that have the sight on their future…